Deloitte's Rick Ballard has taken over as the firm's new head of transaction services in Scotland.

He heads up the 15-strong team following the retiral of Fiona Salzen.

He said: "I'm delighted to be heading up the Transaction Services team at Deloitte.

"Our team in Scotland has been involved in a number of high-profile deals over the past few months including the £550 million disposal ofWood Mackenzie to Charterhouse Capital Partners and most recently C&C Group's £180m acquisition of Tennent's Lager."